Use of the Stroop phenomenon as a diagnostic tool for malingering

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 617-621

  Osimani, Alicia ^a,b   Alon, Ariel ^b   Berger, Andrea ^b   Abarbanel, Jacob M ^a  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Head injury; Malingering; Reaction time; Stroop effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERROR; HUMAN; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 0030988236     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.6.617     Document Type: Article

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